BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 
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bly on the mind of the observing naturalist. These birds leave 
us early in September. 
The Black-poll Warbler is five and a half inches long, and 
eight and a half in extent; crown and hind head black; cheeks 
pure white; from each lower mandible runs a streak of small 
black spots, those on the side larger; the rest of the lower parts 
white; primaries black, edged with yellow; rest of the wing 
black, edged with ash; the first and second row of coverts broad- 
ly tipt with white; back ash, tinged with yellow ochre, and 
streaked laterally with black; tail black, edged with ash, the 
three exterior feathers marked on the inner webs with white; 
bill black above, whitish below, furnished with bristles at the 
base; iris hazel; legs and feet reddish yellow. 
The female differs very little in plumage from the male. 
VOL. II. — 3 c 
